Plenty of bright students grace the doors of Baltimore high schools every single day, but only a small fraction earns the esteemed title of National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist.
In fact, the distinction is bestowed on less than one percent of all U.S. high school seniors, or about 16,000 students. Students with the highest scores on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) become semifinalists. This honor allows them to join the pool of applicants vying for 8,000 National Merit Scholarships, valued at approximately $35 million. Each year, about 90 percent of semifinalists go on to become finalists, according to the Merit Scholarship Program.
Here’s the list of 2013-2014 National Merit Semifinalists from Baltimore area independent and public schools. Congratulations, seniors. Good luck on the final leg of the competition!
Bryn Mawr
Sophie Freeman
Alexis Saiontz
Linnea Seibel
Anne Wondisford
Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community High School
Corey Gold
Matthew Rosen
Calvert Hall
Ross Jacob
Daniel Matteiss
Friends School
Giorgio Caturegli
Garrison Forest School
Katherine Paseman
Gilman School
Timur Guler
Edmond Kim
John Lee
Robert Lohr
Andrew Park
Richard Shin
Akhil Uppalapati
Dongkeun Yu
Homeschool
Toyam Cox
Loyola Blakefield High School
Claude Hanley
Connor Moran
Francis O’Neill
Porter Polcaro
Aaron Shang
McDonogh School
Elizabeth Feeser
Jennifer Hu
Notre Dame Preparatory School
Abigail Baker
Minyoung Jang
Park School
Megan Philippi
Thomas Schneider
Dylan Schulz
Elinor Stern
Christopher Summers
Roland Park Country School
Daniela Frankel
Baltimore City and Baltimore County Public Schools (note: this list does not include schools from outlying suburbs)
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Raphael Kargon
Carver Center for Arts and Technology
Lena Amano
Dulaney High School
Handong Park
Alexander Vecchioni
Valerie Yoshioka
Loch Raven High School
Chai-Rin Shin
Clifton Buxbaum
Perry Hall High School
Jacob Biedronski
Ethan Burbridge
Charlotte Li
Sean Owen
Savannah Speir
Pikesville High School
David Hamburger
Matthew Kirshner
Towson High School
Brendan Hennessey
Alexandra Kindahl
Charles O’Melia
